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China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, France, Indonesia, Poland, Bhutan: Dragon Boat Festival Travel Trends Reveal Growing Demand for Customized and Quality Tourism Experiences

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Editorial | China’s tactics may yet spell opportunity for Hong Kong in US trade war

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US President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war, erecting a protectionist barrier around the world’s largest economy, roiling markets and heightening fears of inflation and recession. It is unprecedented since the second world war. China, facing import tariffs of a further 34 per cent, has condemned them and vowed a resolute response. Asia…

This is How China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Laos, Brunei, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Become the Game Changer in Tourism Industry, Promoting Offbeat Travel Destinations to International Tourists

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This is How China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Laos, Brunei, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Become the Game…

U.S. Move to Suspend Mine Clearing Funds Alarms Vietnam

Cs news5 months ago09 mins

The Vietnam War ended half a century ago, but American weapons from that era continue to kill people to this day. Unexploded bombs rained down by American troops are littered across large swaths of Vietnam and neighboring Cambodia and Laos. They have killed tens of thousands and maimed many more since the fighting ended. People…

Hefty debt to China stokes soaring inflation in Laos

Cs news7 months ago011 mins

BANGKOK — Laos is straining under soaring inflation rates made worse by the stress of massive loans owed mostly to China for a series of megaprojects that have yet to pay off. The tiny landlocked nation of nearly 8 million has already deferred some payments. But economists and analysts say Beijing may start asking for…

China and Pakistan talk security as they target terrorism against belt and road projects

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China’s top military official held security talks with his Pakistani counterpart on Wednesday amid joint counterterrorism drills in the wake of several attacks targeting Chinese interests and citizens in the South Asian country. Zhang Youxia, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), met Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Syed Asim Munir during a visit to…

Holly Bowles is sixth person to die from methanol poisoning in Laos

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“We don’t do anything wrong, for sure,” Mr Toan told ABC, the Australian network. “I really take care of all of the customers [who] stay with our hotel and our hostel.” Ms White, from Orpington in the London borough of Bromley, was taken to hospital following a night out with friend Bethany Clarke, a healthcare…

Southeast Asian defense chiefs talk regional security with US, China, others

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VIENTIANE, LAOS — Southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with their counterparts from China, the United States and other nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confrontations. The closed-door talks put U.S. Secretary of Defense…

Southeast Asian defense chiefs discuss regional security with US, China and other partner nations

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VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confrontations. The closed-door talks put U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd…

Australian tourists hospitalized after apparent severe alcohol poisoning in Laos party town

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after consuming tainted drinks in neighboring Laos, Australian media reported Tuesday. The two 19-year-old women were on a backpacking vacation in Laos when they became ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng, The Age newspaper in the…